New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York City FC

4 – 1

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Columbus Crew SC

Fri 30 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Thiago 36' Y

Gudmundur Thorarinsson 41' Y

Y 49' Pedro Santos

Valentin Castellanos 55' Y

Jesus Medina 69' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC 2021-05-22 New York City FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	5–0	W
21 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
07 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
27 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L
24 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
17 Jul	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
09 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	2–2	D
03 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Columbus Crew SC
#8	Position	#12
33	Points	29
27	Played	27
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 14
41	Scored	39
36	Conceded	43
+5	GD	-4
1.22	PPG	1.07
30%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
10' Gudmundur Thorarinsson, a , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
14' The Argentina Valentin Castellanos breaks the deadlock on 14 minutes. 1-0!
19' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
24' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
29' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Maxime Chanot made 294 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
33' Alfredo Morales is replacing Nicolas Acevedo for the New York City FC side.
35' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Thiago makes no mistake. 2-0!
36' Thiago picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
41' Gudmundur Thorarinsson is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
46' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
49' Columbus Crew SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 49.
51' The USA Keaton Parks breaks the deadlock on 51 minutes. 3-0!
55' Valentin Castellanos has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 55.
60' The 36-year-old Kevin Molino has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
62' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Harrison Afful has done his job and it is now time for Saad Abdul-Salam to step up.
64' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Thiago is replaced by Santiago Rodriguez.
69' Jesus Medina picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
71' A goal from the Uruguay international Santiago Rodriguez! He fires home on 71 to make it 4-0!
75' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Lucas Zelarayan has done his job and it is now time for Waylon Francis to step up.
80' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
81' Another change for New York City FC made on 81 minute. Maxi Moralez leaves to be changed by Andres Jasson.
82' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Jesus Medina exits the field as Tony Rocha enters on 82.
87' Liam Fraser has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 288 appearances.
The final score is 4-1.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Andres Jasson 81'
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Tony Rocha 82'
55
Keaton Parks
13
Luis Barraza
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↓ Alfredo Morales 33'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 64'
8
Thiago ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 64'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
99
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Erik Hurtado 62'
17
Marlon Hairston
4
Jonathan Mensah
25
Harrison Afful ↓ Saad Abdul-Salam 62'
7
Pedro Santos
9
Kevin Molino
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Liam Fraser 82'
30
Aboubacar Keita
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Derrick Etienne 62'
10
Lucas Zelarayan ↓ Waylon Francis 75'

Bench

20
Alexandru Matan
22
Derrick Etienne ↑ 62'
18
Liam Fraser ↑ 82'
23
Grant Lillard
14
Waylon Francis ↑ 75'
24
Evan Bush
33
Erik Hurtado ↑ 62'
27
Miguel Berry
26
Saad Abdul-Salam ↑ 62'

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Hannes Wolf	5
Valentin Castellanos	5
Lucas Zelarayan	4
Pedro Santos	3
Daniel Gazdag	2
Agustin Ojeda	2
Christian Ramirez	2
Santiago Rodriguez	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-25 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-06-27 New York City FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC W 2021-07-09 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-07-03 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 New England Revolution D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.09 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC55% Draw24% Columbus Crew SC21%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.09

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

45%

New York City FC or Columbus Crew SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC41% Draw42% Columbus Crew SC17%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

9.6%

2 – 0

1 – 0

8.5%

3 – 1

6.4%

0 – 0

6.2%

3 – 0

5.9%

1 – 2

5.2%

2 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

3.5%

4 – 1

Actual

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	18%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	22%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.